

Rather than a hard and fast fact-check, we’ll compare Trump’s tweets to the information we do have. The situation in Puerto Rico is fluid and some details are missing. And he highlighted the thousands of federal workers deployed to get food, water, fuel and power to millions of Puerto Ricans. He scolded the mayor of San Juan and other cities for failing to help themselves. He called out CNN and NBC as purveyors of fake news. Trump himself described the damage from Hurricane Maria as devastating, but when frustrations on the ground bubbled up, he was in no mood for second-guessing. As Washington mobilized more people and supplies to ease the suffering in Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump lambasted his critics on Twitter.
